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| Yesterday’s UK 100 Leaders | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Marks And Spencer Group PLC | 256.6 | 4.4% |
| Pershing Square Holdings LTD | 3,970.0 | 4.1% |
| Sainsbury (J) PLC | 269.0 | 3.9% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 69.6 | 3.9% |
| Tesco PLC | 291.1 | 3.5% |
| Yesterday’s UK 100 Laggards | Price (p) | % Chg |
| Fresnillo PLC | 587.0 | -2.5% |
| Antofagasta PLC | 2,201.0 | -2.2% |
| Intermediate Capital Group PLC | 1,960.0 | -2.0% |
| Smith (Ds) PLC | 354.8 | -1.1% |
| Anglo American PLC | 2,160.0 | -0.9% |
| Major World Indices | Price | % Chg | 1 YEAR |
| UK 100 INDEX | 8,024 | 1.6% | 1.4% |
| DOW JONES INDUS. AVG | 38,240 | 0.7% | 13.1% |
| DAX INDEX | 17,861 | 0.7% | 12.5% |
| NIKKEI 225 | 37,552 | 0.3% | 31.5% |
| S&P/ASX 200 INDEX | 7,684 | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| Commodities | Units | Price | % Chg |
| WTI Crude Oil (Nymex) | USD/bbl. | 82.85 | -0.35% |
| Brent Crude (ICE) | USD/bbl. | 87.16 | 0.18% |
| Gold Spot | USD/t oz. | 2,301 | -1.1% |
| Copper (Comex) | USd/lb. | 444 | -1.4% |
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The UK 100 called to open +46 points at 8,069. The UK 100 looks set to open higher once again, smashing through yesterdays fresh all time high, as Middle East tensions appeared to have simmered down for the time being. Stateside yesterday it was a similarly positive story, The Dow Jones climbed 253.58 points, or 0.67%, to close at 38,239.98. The S&P traded 0.87% higher to finish the session at 5,010.60, while the Nasdaq advanced 1.11% to 15,451.31. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended a six-day losing streak.
Anglo American posts that their Q1 copper production came in +11% YoY and Nickel -2% YoY.
Associated British Foods have raised their FY profit outlook as they reported a 39% jump in H1 profit. They now expect to deliver “significant growth” in both profitability and cash generation ahead of expectations at the start of this financial year.
JD Sports reaches agreement to acquire Hibbett in cash for $1.11bn.
Jupiter Fund Management assets under management on March 31st came in at £52.6bn, up from £52.2bn on Dec 31st.
Taylor Wimpey have reported that their key spring season was progressing as expected, even as affordability concerns and broader economic woes dent near-term recovery hopes. Their order book stood at £2.09bn as of April 21st, down from £2.38bn a year ago.
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UK
Associated British Foods
Jupiter Fund Management
Taylor Wimpey
US
General Electric
General Motors
PepsiCo
Philip Morris International
Spotify Technology SA
Tesla
Visa Inc Class A
UK
Fresnillo
Lloyds Banking Group
PZ Cussons
Reckitt Benckiser
abrdn
US
AT&T
Boeing
CME Group
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Ford Motor Co
International Business Machines
Meta Platforms
QuantumScape
ServiceNow Inc
Teladoc Health
German HCOB Composite PMI
German HCOB Manufacturing PMI
German HCOB Services PMI
EU HCOB Composite PMI
EU HCOB Manufacturing PMI
EU HCOB Services PMI
BoE’s Haskel speech
UK S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI
UK S&P Global/CIPS Manufacturing PMI
UK S&P Global/CIPS Services PMI
BoE’s Pill speech
US S&P Global Composite PMI
US S&P Global Manufacturing PMI
US S&P Global Services PMI
US New Home Sales Change
UK 100 companies going ex-dividend on 25th April 2024:
Legal & General Group
St. James’s Place
ConvaTec Group
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
Rightmove
UK 250 companies going ex-dividend on 25th April 2024:
Bakkavor Group
Morgan Sindall Group
Tyman
Greggs
Derwent London
ME Group International
Morgan Advanced Materials
Bodycote
Foresight Solar Fund
Murray International Trust
City of London Investment Trust
Shaftesbury Capital
Schroder Oriental Income Fund
Bankers Investment Trust
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